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YC S11

London, GB · Founded 2011 · 900 employees · 23 known investors

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GoCardless provides bank payment collection and open banking data access services. The platform enables businesses to collect domestic and international payments via bank accounts and securely access customer bank account data across 2,300+ banks in the UK and Europe.

Also known as Groupay, Inc.

FintechPaymentsUnited KingdomEuropePartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S11)

GoCardless was founded in 2011 by Hiroki Takeuchi and Tom Blomfield.

HTHiroki Takeuchi
Hiroki TakeuchiFounderHe previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co and studied Mathematics at Oxford University, where he was involved with Oxford Entrepreneurs.
TBTom Blomfield
Tom BlomfieldCo-Founder2011–2013Tom Blomfield cofounded GoCardless, a payments company from the 2011 Y Combinator batch, and later cofounded Monzo. He currently works as a partner at Y Combinator in San Francisco.
CAChris Ashby
Chris AshbyTech Lead / Senior Software Development Engineer2021–2025Founder at SalesSift
MR
Matt RobinsonBoard Memberuntil 2024
JRJoe Root
Joe RootSales Intern2013–2013Founder at Permutive
JC
James CunninghamDevOps2014–2015
SDSteve Domin
Steve DominHead of Platform Engineering2013–2016Founder at Duffel
RTRavin Thambapillai
Ravin ThambapillaiHead of Marketing2014–2015Founder at Credal.ai

Investors · 23

Accellisted by AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M

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Bain Capital Ventureslisted by Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M

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Balderton Capitallisted by Balderton CapitalLondon · $5M – $50M

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Balnord Sp. z o.o.listed by Balnord Sp. z o.o.Luxembourg · $550K – $3.3M
Change Ventureslisted by Change VenturesTallinn · $100K – $750K

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GV (Google Ventures)listed by GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M

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Notion Capitallisted by Notion CapitalLondon · $1M – $100M

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Nycalisted by NycaNew York · $2M

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Nyca Partnerslisted by Nyca PartnersNew York · $1M – $10M

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Passion Capitallisted by Passion CapitalLondon

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Salica Investmentslisted by Salica InvestmentsLondon

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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ACE & CompanyreportedGenevavia Sherif El Halwagy · inferred

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Adams Street PartnersreportedChicago · $150M – $750M

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AFG Partnersreported

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Agrolimen Venturesreported

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CC11 LLCreportedGreenwich

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National Grid PartnersreportedLos Gatos

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PermirareportedSt Peter Port

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Salesforce VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $5M – $50M

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SV AngelreportedSan Francisco · $150K – $20M

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Westminster Capital (158852 Canada Inc)reportedLake Forest

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Also in the syndicate · 1

Passion

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13 people who came through GoCardless went on to found or lead other companies.

Tom BlomfieldFounderFounded Starling Bank +1Tom WatsonSoftware EngineerFounded Hubble +1Grey BakerVP Product, Engineering & GlobalFounded PincitesMatt RobinsonFounder & Board memberFounded NestedRavin ThambapillaiMarketingFounded Credal.aiNabil BelahouaneSRE/SWEFounded FutureClinicLewis BlackwoodOperations EngineerFounded RexJoe RootSalesFounded PermutiveTamara CiulloProduct Marketing ManagerFounded CariqaJenna BrownGlobal Expansion LeadFounded ShipamaxPaul StoddartPresidentFounded FourthlineKit AspenSenior Operations ManagerFounded Thrust Carbon

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corporate structure
Groupay, Inc.

Companies House · registry record

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Registered name
GOCARDLESS LTD
Company number
07495895
Status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
17 Jan 2011
Registered office
Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EN
Nature of business (SIC)
62090 — Other information technology service activities
Previous names
GROUPAY LIMITED (2011–2011)
Accounts
last made up to 30 Jun 2025 · next due 31 Mar 2027
Confirmation statement
last made up to 31 Dec 2025 · next due 14 Jan 2027

Current officers · 3

  • Hiroki James Takeuchi — secretary, appointed 1 Mar 2015
  • Catherine Birkett — director, appointed 16 Aug 2023
  • Hiroki James Takeuchi — director, appointed 17 Jan 2011

Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 24 Jul 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the news

GoCardless secures USD312 million to accelerate growth in open bankinggocardless.com · Feb 2022GoCardless Embed opens up access to a global bank payment network | GoCardlessgocardless.com · Feb 2022UK fintech GoCardless raises $95m funding | GoCardlessgocardless.com · Jul 2021GoCardless raises $22.5Mtechcrunch.com · Sep 2017YC Alum GoCardless Raises Another $7Mtechcrunch.com · Jan 2014

Frequently asked questions

What does GoCardless do?
GoCardless provides bank payment collection and open banking data access services. The platform enables businesses to collect domestic and international payments via bank accounts and securely access customer bank account data across 2,300+ banks in the UK and Europe.
Who founded GoCardless?
GoCardless was founded by Hiroki Takeuchi, Tom Blomfield in 2011.
Who are GoCardless's investors?
GoCardless's investors include Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Balderton Capital, Balnord Sp. z o.o., Change Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Notion Capital, Nyca and 14 more.
Where is GoCardless headquartered?
GoCardless is headquartered in London, GB.